gradually launched throughout 2012 across 20 African and
Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation
today announced a major partnership designed to make knowledge more easily
available to 70 million Orange mobile customers throughout Africa and the
Middle East.
In the first partnership of its kind
for Wikipedia, Or
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both remote and urban areas of AMEA with access to Wikipedia without adding on
data charges.
In 2009, Orange and the Wikimedia
Foundat
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the reach of Wikimedia’s projects through channels on Orange mobile and web
portals in Europe.
This new partnership will be
gradually launched throughout 2012 across 20 African and Middle Eastern
countries where Orange operates, with the first markets launching early in the
year. The initiative is part of the Wikimedia Foundation’s mobile strategy that
aims t
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Any customer with an Orange SIM and
mobile internet enabled phone will be able to access the Wikipedia site either
through their browser or an Orange widget. They can access the Wikipedia
encyclopaedia services for as many times as they like at no extra charge as
long as they stay within Wikipedia’s pages.
“Wikipedia is an important service,
a public good – and so we want people to be able to access it for free,
regardless of what device they’re using,” said Sue Gardner, Executive Director
of the Wikimedia Foundation. “This partnership with Orange will enable millions
of people to read Wikipedia, who previously couldn’t. We’re thrilled to be Orange’s
partner in this important endeavour.”
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